Michael A. Thomas, Ph.D.

Professor
Genome Biology

Office: Life Sciences 349

(208) 282-2396

mthomas@isu.edu

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Research

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Lab: Life Sciences 316/317

(208) 251-2396

Evolutionary Genomics Group

We are a diverse group of researchers who conduct innovative research exploring genome-scale processes using bioinformatics and evolutionary biology.

Teaching

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BIOL 3358 Genetics
BIOL 4417/5517 Organic Evolution
BIOL 4491/4492 Senior Seminar
Graduate-level Seminars
Bioinformatics

Biographical Sketch

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Dr. Thomas joined the Biological Sciences department in 2003. His interest in evolutionary biology has been a lifelong endeavor. His research interests mainly involve the evolution of genomes, in which he applies evolutionary theory and approaches to address a variety of problems, from understanding the evolution of alternative splicing to assessing the human health consequences of pharmaceuticals and nanomaterials in environmental systems.

Education

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2000, Ph.D. Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
1994, M.S. Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1991, B.S. Biology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

2000-2003, Postdoctoral fellow, Rat genome project, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Selected Publications

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Michael A. Thomas, Gary W. Roemer, C. Josh Donlan, Brett G. Dickson, Marjorie Matocq, and Jason Malaney. 2013. Gene tweaking for conservation. Nature 501:485-486.

Luobin Yang, Steve C. Chiu, Wei-keng Liao & Michael A. Thomas. 2011. High Performance Data Clustering: A Comparison Analysis of Performance for GPU, RASC, MPI, and OpenMP Implementations. Journal of Supercomputing, 2012:3 DOI:10.1007/s11227-013-0906-y.

Sophie St-Hilaire, Victor O Ezike, Henrik Stryhn & Michael A Thomas. 2012. An ecological study on childhood autism. International Journal of Health Geographics 11:44. PMCID: PMC3504530.

Michael A. Thomas & Rebecca D. Klaper. 2012. Psychoactive Pharmaceuticals Induce Fish Gene Expression Profiles Associated with Human Idiopathic Autism. PLoS One. 7(6): e32917. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032917. PMCID: PMC3368908.

Peter Hallock and Michael A. Thomas. 2012. Integrating the Alzheimer's disease proteome and transcriptome: A comprehensive network model of a complex disease. OMICS. 16(1). PMID: 22321014, PMCID: PMC3275800